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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[February, 1915. 



crossing excellens with armainvillierense. 

 Raised by Messrs. Sander and Sons. 



Cypripedium Captain Bouguereau. — 

 This attractive hybrid between glaucophyllum 

 and Amandinia? (pohtum x Spicerianum) has 

 been raised by Mens. Joseph Ginot, St. 

 Etienne, Loire, France. 



Cattleya Lieut. Holbrook. — Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons are the raisers of this 

 hybrid between labiata and Ella (bicolor x 

 Warscewiczii). 



Cypripediums. — The following have been 

 raised by Messrs. Sander and Sons: — Arras 

 (Mrs. F. Sander x Leeanum), Marne (Beryl x 

 Alcibiades), Aisne (Leeanum x Mrs. Mostyn) 

 and Rheims (Van Dyke x Mrs. Mostyn). 



Sophro-Cattleya Dorea. — The practice 

 of mating a hybrid with one of its parents, 

 usually the one having the largest flower, is 

 frequently accomplished with satisfactory 

 results. A recent example is this hybrid 

 between S.-C. Dons and C. aurea, which has 

 been raised in the collection of Mr. Richard 

 G. Thwaites, Streatham Hill. The influence 

 of C. aurea has imparted considerable beauty 

 in point of coloration, as well as increasing 

 the size of the petals and lip. 



L^LIA ANCIBARINA. — It IS seldom that a 

 new Laelia hybrid can be recorded, but this 

 one is the result of crossing anceps and 

 cinnabarina, the orange-yellow flowers being 

 carried on a long and slender stem. Raised 

 by Messrs. Armstrong and Brown. 



L^lio-Cattleya Isabel. — The result of 

 crossing C. Warscewiczii var. Frau Melanie 

 Beyrodt with L.-C. bella alba, and yielding a 

 flower of light rose tint, the petals streaked 

 with purple on their median area, the labellum 

 dark purpTe. Flowered in the collection of 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, Pembury. 



Cymbidium FlORYI. — A good addition to 

 these popular hybrids, the large greenish 

 flowers having the front lobe of the labellum 

 spotted with red. The parents are grandi- 

 florum and eburneo-Lowianum. Recently 

 exhibited by Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough. 



Cypripediums. — The following have been 

 raised by Messrs. Armstrong and Brown-. — 

 Monte (Fairrieanum x nitens), Jason (Druryi 



X Hera) and Julia (Druryi x Chamber- 

 lainianum). 



Odontoglossum Vulture. — A heavily- 

 blotched flower, obtained by crossing tigrinum 

 with Vuylstekei. Raised in the collection of 

 Mr. Richd. G. Thwaites, Streatham. 



Oncidium superbiens. — This handsome 

 species belongs to the same section as O. 

 macranthum. The pseudo-bulbs are elongate 

 ovate, about 4 or 5 inches long ; the leaves 

 linear-oblong, acute, keeled ; the scape is 

 3, or more, feet long and carries from 20 to 30 

 flowers, which are nearly 3 inches in diameter ; 

 the crisped sepals have the apex reflexed, and 

 are chocolate-brown tipped with yellow ; the 

 cordate petals are yellow in the apical half, 

 barred with chocolate in the basal portion ; 

 the lip is much smaller, trulliform, of a 

 blackish-purple, with the crest yellow. This 

 species is a native of Colombia, and deserves 

 to be seen more often in present-day 

 collections. 



Oncidium macranthum. — No cool house 

 is considered complete without one or more 

 plants of this superb Oncidium, which is seen 

 at its best during the spring and early summer 

 months. The long, flexuose, branched spikes 

 are formed from the base of the new bulb 

 and carry numerous flowers, about 4 inches 

 across, the upper sepal of a golden-olive- 

 brown, the lower ones orange-yellow ; the two 

 petals are bright yellow ; the lip is white 

 bordered with violet-purple, purplish at its 

 base. When cultivated in company with the 

 Odontoglossums, in a light and airy house, it 

 grows with considerable freedom, the bulbs 

 often attaining remarkable dimensions, while 

 the flower spikes measure many feet in 

 length and last some time in perfection. As 

 many of the new roots are formed at some 

 distance above the pot care must be taken 

 to protect them from the attacks of slugs and 

 other pests until they are able to gain an 

 entrance into the compost. 



